Baltimore Orioles Acquire The Services Of An Outfielder From Chicago White Sox Who Will Strengthening The Squad
The Baltimore Orioles are bringing back a familiar face to the organization with just two weeks to go until Opening Day.
The Orioles just acquired outfielder Peyton Burdick off of waivers from the Chicago White Sox according to the team.
Burdick was originally drafted by the Miami Marlins in the third round of the 2019 MLB draft before making his MLB debut with the team during the 2022 MLB season.
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Just last month the Orioles purchased the outfielder from the Marlins before getting DFA’d following Baltimore’s acquisition of relief pitcher Kaleb Ort from the Philadelphia Phillies for cash considerations.
The White Sox then signed him but he did not last long in MLB Spring Training camp with Chicago as they also DFA’d him following the Dylan Cease trade.
In 46 games at the MLB level split across the 2022-23 seasons, Burdick slashed .200/.281/.333 with five home runs.
He will be competing for a bench spot with Baltimore despite the incredible depth the team has at the position across their system.
Burdick features some Major League experience and still has development left to go. It could be a very low-risk, high-reward move for the Orioles, a space the front office has proven to thrive in.
The arguments against the Baltimore Orioles carrying Jackson Holliday on their Opening Day roster continue to dwindle with every passing day. Holliday came into camp with about a season and a half of pro ball under his belt, so some thought that he might get a reality check when he was up against big league pitching, which is usually ahead of hitters in general in spring training.
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Instead, Holliday has put the rest of the league on notice. In 12 games this spring, Holliday is slashing .297/.316/.541 with five extra-base hits. Frankly, everyone should have known better, given that Holliday was even better than that last spring when he posted a 1.056 OPS.
One of the last boxes that Holliday needed to check this spring go around was to excel defensively. With the left side of Baltimore’s infield very occupied heading into 2024, Holliday was going to have to prove that he could handle playing second base. For most of the spring, he just hadn’t gotten many chances to prove what he could do.
However, some of Holliday’s more recent outings have changed that, and now there are few who can still question his defense, and even fewer reasons to hold him down any longer.
